We were able to finish the bracing today, and we also worked on fixing the latest little problem with the whirlpool. The problem is that I made a miscalculation, and the decking is about a quarter or half inch too low. And, the way I attached the backsplash to the studs, I could not just raise the decking up.
So, I'm having to improvise -- I'm adding what will turn out to look like a 3/4 x 3/4 inch shaped molding around the whirlpool. It will be poplar with the same stain and the same glaze coat, and then clear caulking around the tub at the top of this molding...
So, we bought the pieces of poplar, I cut the angles for it to fit around the odd shape, and made a little gadget to mark the contour 3/4 of an inch out from the edge of the whirlpool. Then we took the boards to the Bontrager's, and they cut the pieces on their bandsaw and sand the edges for me.
Now, we have started gluing them together using biscuits. Next, we'll route the same shape around the edge, and then stain and glaze it...
We should be gluing this to the decking under the whirlpool edge within a few days, and then we'll have the whirlpool in place!
Seems like I've been spending a lot of my time fixing mistakes or at least problems... I don't always broadcast my errors, so I haven't mentioned some of the problems I've had to fix...
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